Yoga Buns: The Complete Workout to Strengthen, Lengthen and Tone Your Body

If you like Denise's Power Yoga and Fat-Blasting Yoga dvds, you will also enjoy this one. Denise tweaks traditional yoga moves to put emphasis on the butt muscles. If you are tenacious in squeezing your buns while doing the poses, you will definitely feel the burn in your behind. Your shoulders and chest will also get a great workout. This dvd is exactly why I rely on Denise for my workouts: it is a no-nonsense, effective challenge that strengthens and stretches the whole body. Finish up with a pilates workout from another Denise dvd and you've targeted the whole body in less than 45 minutes! I find aerobic and weight workouts quite boring, so I am hoping for more yoga and pilates dvds from Denise in the near future.

It is true as other reviewers have mentioned that Denise fails in this video to maintaine the orthodox meditative nature of purist yoga in this video. She is very perky, talks a lot, and looks a little crazy. But...I love this video! Why? Because it provided me with a motivator to get back into exercising. I have taken serious yoga classes before, and actually found myself a little turned off by the emphasis on breathing and meditation (I tended to fall asleep or not notice when we were transferring to another position) so for me Denise's chatter helps to keep me on track (and I have never experienced any success in any form with the breathing emphasis of orthodox yoga--I figure I'll let my body decide when and how fast to breathe).The two criticisms I do have for this video are that Denise tends to work one side of the body longer than the other side (I think she just gets a little distracted). My solution is to alternate which side I start with every other workout. The only other criticism is that after having done this workout every morning and evening for two months I find that my muscles have ceased to feel the burn. Is that Denise's fault? No, it just means that it is time for me to move up into a more intense video (I am 24 years by the way, in case you were wondering).My ultimate praise for this video...it provides some excellent stretching and strengthening which not only burns fat (I have lost 10 lbs. since starting two months ago), but provides the relaxation muscles and joints need to prevent injuries caused in more intense workouts and just in everyday life. I will continue to make this video part of my routine because of the stretching benefits. By the way, if you have bad knees (I do) this workout will challenge them, but if you respect your knees' limits (ie. if it hurts back off until it's just mildly uncomfortable, and gradually do more as time goes along), you will find that several of the exercises in this video will strengthen your knees and help relieve daily knee pain.Happy Exercising Everyone.

I love all Denise Austin workouts..this one makes your buns pretty sore!

I absolutely love Denise Austin! I have been doing lots of yoga lately and was looking for something more challenging and let me tell u this is it! It kicks buns! :)

It was a decent workout but I'd definitely say it wasn't meant for beginners. She has no one showing adaptive movements so if you're not flexible enough for some of the poses, you'll have to figure out your own improvisation (every once in a while she will explain an alternate, but not often). She also talks almost the whole time and for me, that gets annoying.

Feels So Good! Great workout and yet it's actually enjoyable! Makes me move in ways I usually don't!

I think many of the other reviews here are unfairly harsh. This is not pure yoga, but a mixture of yoga with pilates, ballet, and strength-training moves. It is not a "killer" workout; if you're looking to REALLY fry your butt, try one of The Firm's more sculpting-oriented videos. If you're looking for pure traditional yoga, this isn't for you.I'm not sure that Yoga Buns quite rates a full 4 stars; maybe 3 and a half or three-quarters. This is a good video for someone with a bit of yoga experience rather than a pure beginner, who will need more detailed instructions. Denise IS rather wacky and over the top, but her style is within the motivational fitness instructor mode. This suits some people, but may annoy those looking for something more mellow and soothing.I find this to be an invigorating workout that gets my heart rate up a bit and clears my head. I can feel the work in my legs, but I wouldn't (as an in advanced exercizer in strength-training) use it as my primary lower body workout. Those with bad wrists like me may want to avoid or modify some of the floor poses towards the end of the routine. Overall, this is a good workout for fitness-oriented exercizers at the advanced beginner to intermediate level with some yoga background, who'd like a bit of toning and mild cardio with their yoga.

Purchased for a Birthday gift. My daughters love it. All Denise Austin's exercise DVD's are great and we all enjoy them.